reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
personal affair; one's own affair
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
be (that) as it may; having said that
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
rei-shabu; cold shabu-shabu; shabu-shabu where the meat is cooled before dipped in sauce
yin-yang diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
MAD; mutual assured destruction
promotional video; music video
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
live action (as opposed to animation); photograph (of a real scene, event, etc.); real image; depiction of a real scene (in writing or a picture); description
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels